Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-07-13

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VIII : white facs. Lsnors listened.
Ih1se could only DO One meaning 10 What
Mis- MAtccllo Was saying.
Half nm honr later, kneeling by hel
aunts sids, she begged to b taken home.
Az Aunt Prunelln smoothed back The
brown hnir, she saw that her niece was In
serious ~earnest; but surmising il to be some
lovers' misunderstanding sho asked no
questions. promising Il should DO ns she
wished.
Tho next day Mr.. Graham, coming 10
ask Tor Lenorc, was met with tho answer
That both her nunt and herself hal gone
that morning. Not until they were on
their why to IGNORES home did Aunt
Pruneiln ask and learn the cnnsc Of her
niccc's evident distress. With q brave
effort to be calm, Lenore told her what
Miss Marceile had confided to her.
SWELL, we'll, things nowadays nre
strangel In my time q young. man did not
show by every act his fondness for one, and
then become engaged 10 another!"
PLEASE shy no more al0ut II, dear aunt, ]"
pleaded Lsnore. 1T was my own mistake"
So Lencrc, much to her M Tiers sur
prise and delight, came home a full week
before sho was expected, md Miss Mar.
cole was left at the sea.shore tas she had
shrcwdly expected sho would bel with tho
game in her own hands; for now that
Lenore was gene, she thought, Mr. Graz
ham could surely not Withstand her fasci-
nations.
Mabel clasped her sister in her young
arms.
.Wo'vo missed you SO much, Lenore!
Home has not been quite the same with
out you.s
Her loving words brought tears 10
IGNORES eyes.
She was glad to be home, after all, even
though she knew she was not The same
Lenore Of q couple OF months ago.
but one would have suspected. to see
the sweet girl moving tirelessiy about the
little homo, that she was suffering. Aunt
Prunella twho had decided 10 remain with
her sister during the winter, thought to
herself, @What u brave little thing it Isl
and what . mistake that young man has
made!r
Three weeks went by, and one afternoon
6-year-old Robbie came from school with q
shining silver piece tightly clasped in his
chubby hand.
@Why, Robbie, who gave il 10 your" in
quired his mother, anxious to lie arn whore
he bad obtained it.
"Oh, a gentleman don't know his
name. met him nenr the station, and he
asked me to tell him where to find q lody.
ing housc, so | walked along and showed
him where Mrs. Merrill lives. Then lie
asked me my nnme, and when l told him
he started and asked me il l had my sis
tiers. I told him / had three-onc pretty
one-tbat's Mabel, and Lenore and n baby.
Then he asked me if Lenoro wasn't pretty
too, md ! said l thought she would be If
she didn't cry go much. Then he gave me
the money!
.oh, Robbed" exclaimed Lenore, show
could your"
4But it's true, " sturdily persisted Bobbie.
1Hayen't | often seen you crying in your
roomi"
BY this timc her mother and Mabel were
both regarding her with looks of anxious
surprise. Their Lenore unhappy? What
could be the matter?
inst then the bell rang, md Lenore
escaped to her own room, little dreaming
of the which was Don TO come 10
her.
aMr. Graham wants 10 soc you in the
drawing room, Lenore," said Aunt Pru.
nella, q little later.
Then MS she helped the girls trembling
fingers arrange her soft brown locks, she
said, softly. Darling, he il not engaged 10
Miss Marcclle at MI. / have seen him,
and he has contided TO me that-Bnt 30 to
him, my dear child, and hear his story
from his own lips"
All, happy moments Of explanation in
the little draw ing- groom! How easy it was
TO forget all the doubt and the pain OF the
pnst, with hand clasped in hand is the
blissful present.